Patient self-management resource guide
The AMA's Physican resource guide to patient self-management support (PDF, 1.41MB) discusses patient self-management support concepts and presents selected resources and practice implementation tools to help physicians implement cost-effective techniques at various levels of the health care system.
Roadmaps for Clinical Practice
Improving Adolescent Immunizations: A Primer for Physicians examines the new recommendations for adolescent immunizations, their rationale, and ways to enhance physician relationships with adolescents and their parents.
Monograph (PDF, 290KB)
CME questionnaire (PDF, 103KB)
Pocket booklet (PDF, 746KB)
AMA guide to preventing and treating heart disease features practical strategies for lifestyle changes; advice about warning signs; guidance on heart-healthy exercise; discussion of the relationship between heart disease and dietary influences, such as cholesterol and sodium; and a section on the unique risks and symptoms for women. The American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease: Essential Information You and Your Family Need to Know about Having a Healthy Heart can be purchased at retail and online bookstores and also directly from the AMA Bookstore.
Improving Health System Preparedness for Terrorism and Mass Casualty Events - Report and recommendations from the AMA/APHA Linkages Leadership Summit
- Full Report (PDF, 782KB)
- Action Brief (PDF, 694KB)
- Signed Pledge of Commitment (PDF, 99KB)
Expert committee recommendations on childhood obesity and overweight
Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity recommendations for the management of overweight and obese children (PDF, 64 KB). The committee, representing 15 health professional organizations, was convened by the AMA and co-funded in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More information.
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Recommendations for Best Practices in the Management of Elderly Disaster Victims (PDF, 1MB) from the American Medical Association and the Baylor College of Medicine.
Health literacy book
To assist physicians in helping the estimated 90 million adults who have difficulty understanding health and medical terms and directions, AMA Press has released the new book "Understanding Health Literacy: Implications for Medicine and Public Health." More information.
Also see additional information on health literacy from the AMA Foundation.
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